Tea & Culture

Today let’s talk about what is strength of character of tea.People, who have just started learning how to brew tea, always try to make the liquor mainly sweet and aromatic. I often describe their tea as “lack the strength of character”.The character of tea is the essence of it. And the original taste of tea…

Tea has three lives.Grown from nature, due to different species and environments, differences have arisen between tea leaves.Picking the young leaves from the branches is not the end but a rebirth.The quality of the craft is vital. Until we brew a cup of tea carefully, it is equivalent to its third life.Just like human growth,…

 @teawish.co TEA FOR SACRIFICE. #teaculture #chinesetea #teawish #teahistory ♬ original sound – Derry@Teawish Tea was used as medicine in the very beginning. Able to retrieve the dying and rescue the wounded, tea was thought as a gift from celestial beings and was respected by all. Therefore, tea was sacrificed to the gods and ancestors in respect.Take…

How to taste tea like a professional: Derry shares his method for analysing and comparing teas in a systematic way. @teawish.co 3 dimensions of tasting a tea. #puerh #teaculture #chinesetea #teatime ♬ original sound – Derry@Teawish

 @teawish.co “Tea” by sea, “Cha” by land. #chinesetea #teaculture #silkroad #teahistory #teawish ♬ original sound – Derry@TeawishHi guys. Today I have a very interesting topic.With a few minor exceptions, there are only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is the form like English term tea. Or it’s Thé in Frech, Tee in…

Shennong was one of the earliest emperor in remote antiquity. He has been regarded as the ancestor of civilization of China. He had many other great contributions to humans.

Each Gaiwan consists of 3 parts – a lid, a tray and a bowl. The lid represents the heaven, and bowl represents human and the tray represent earth. So actually this is the ancient Chinese philosophy – how we humans behave in between the heaven and the earth, to achieve a status of oneness & harmony.

China is the homeland of tea, taking a leading position in the planting, producing, and drinking of tea. The discovery and usage of tea have a history of four to five thousand years in China  This is based on a legend about Shen Nong.It is said that Shen Nong is the first man to discover…